Democrats should call Hunter Biden to testify

Democrats want to call witnesses for the prosecution at President Trump’s impeachment trial but are cowed by Republicans’ threat to call Hunter Biden as a defense witness if witnesses are allowed. In fact, Democrats should call Hunter Biden themselves.

Republican proposals to conduct a witness-free impeachment are silly. The plain meaning of the Constitution’s text, something the GOP used to care about and that conservatives still do, calls for a trial, not motions for dismissal or summary judgment: “The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments … when the President of the United States is tried … ” (emphasis added).